Influence

Boehner: GOP Can Expand House Majority

By Chris Frates

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, talks to reporters on the floor of the Republican National Convention in the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla., on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican House Speaker John Boehner was bullish Monday afternoon about his party's chances of expanding their House majority.

"We're in a strong position to keep our majority and frankly try to expand it," Boehner said at a lunch with reporters in Tampa sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor.